I don't see how people living in the UK can just decide not use a UK ISP, unless they choose to forgo having an internet connection completely.
I don't think Germany is much better...
its written into the constitution that they don't do this, cause of their gestapo history. Ironically Germany are the safest bet because of their past.
I do not know of any German law which is comparable. Do you have a citation?
I agree with the sentiment, but at least legality of snooping has not been settled yet.
According to the German BSD scandal they still observe the 10% rule. Don't dragnet more than 10% - for their American friends. Whilst most others just take all.